LEAVES FROM A FRENCHWOMAN'S DIARY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 31 May 1930, Page 12

LEAVES FROM A FRENCHWOMAN'S DIARY

TWEED MATERIALS ' (By Colliiie Rouff—For "The Mail") Feather-weight tweed h the most used material in Paris this season for out-of-doors clothes.; The. jersey cloths; are scarcely seen at all—which is a good thing, I think, for they have had more than their share of attention. These delightful tweed materials are so soft and light that they make up /beautifully into frocks as well ! as .suits. Designed for a fair young motorist was a very pretty suit in silvery grey and nattier blue tweed woven in small checks. The bodice was waist length, with a narrow' belt of nattier blue suede, but it was made to look even shorter -by the addition of a bolero frill placed just below the shoulder line and reaching almost to the waist." The skirt was shaped as far as the knees, and from there it was just a flared frill. The coat worn with this frock was long enough to cover the top of the flare, perfectly straight and collarless, with two useful.pateh pockets. But I must tell you that these, pockets 1 were tightly buttoned up; they, were not to havQ hands t.hrust into them! A beret of the ma-

terial mounted on a bandeau of blue felt, and a square tweed pochette, completed tiie outfit. I found it very smart!

MORNING SUITS

Charming little morning suits for golf and walking are, of course,; ma -'.n of tweed. You .may make your chbiw of- tKe coats: there is still the frank y cardigan shape, but this is not seen no much; there is the rather short jacket fitted to the waist like a tailor-mac-•; and there is the seven-eighths coat, loose and straight with a stand-Up collar. It is very chic to have a hand-crochot-cd beret and a crochet scarf just long enough to tie once round the throat made in wools to tone exactly with the colours in tire tweed. Colours arc much more varied this season than last. One-. well-known designer has taken mustard yellow—old mustard that has been made for several days—as his chief tone. This greeny yellow is very new and quite becoming to most people. It look 3 nice in rather a rough weave, and almost as well in a smooth cloth. -."■.'•; ■' SKIRTS ,AND BLOUSES - ' As in coats, there is a. choice of skirts. One type fits the figure .to the knees, whence a kilted frill falls midway to the ankle. This fullness, is meant to keep women from sighing for their beloved short skirts, the idea being that if the fullness is carefully placed the length doesn't matter too much. Another nice shape is the very full flare, box-pleated front and hack, which gives a delightfully trim appearance. Then there is the skirt made with a long hip yoke that fits the figure very closely, a itiU flounce on the. bias being attached to the yoke. This skirt is most satisfactory for all sports .requirements, WAIST "FifflSHlN'GS The newest idea is to have the skirt top fastened at the waist with large buttons; or it can finish with a fitted cnrselftt-likc top buttoning trimly down the side. Some skirts have belts of the same material, and some have belts that match in colour, but ate made of

lows of coloured petersham, silk W'eb-L-iiig, or plaited leather. Quite nice belts can be picked up "for a song," because, 'although they are worn on most of the frocks, suits and gowns, they arc made specially for; them and odd ones will not do. • . -

Blouses are lovely! Nearly every one tucks inside the skirt top, the alternative being' l the pointed waist-eoat shape thai; buttons down the front. The.,most '.blouses, are made with little knickers attached, so they cannot pull up from, the waistline. Sometimes a je'rsey of woven silk is worn ..over the blouse; this is "made with a deep oval opening in front ,t'o show the white or pale-coloured Under blouse. . ~ ~ '•■'.'•